Packing case



H. H. READ.

PACKING CASEl APPLICATION FILED Nov. 12. 192|.

1,414,896.' f Patented May2,1922.

rarest HENRY HAROLD READ, 0F LONDON, ENGLAND.

PACKING CASE.

Application filed November 12, 1921 To all whom t 'may concern Be it known that I, HENRY HAROLD READ, of Cranbourne7 84, Cranley Gardens, Mus- Well Hill, London, N. 10, England, a British subject, have invented certain new and usctul Improvements in or Relating to Packing` Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to packing cases and. has for its object to provide improved means :tor securing together the contiguous portions of adjacent sides in such manner as to prevent pilfering during transit, ot goods in the packing cases.

According to this invention the contiguous portions of adjacent sides of a packing case are secured together by means of strips ci hoop iron or the like passing through slots in the marginal portions and around the edge of said sides, the overlapping portions of said strips being` nailed or similarly fastened to said sides and secured together by means of solder or the like which covers the head ot the nail or the like.

Preferably the strips are so arranged that the outer one of the overlapping portions overlies part only of the Width of the under portion so as to provide a greater' area for soldering.

he invention is particularly applicable to packing cases Which are bound With strips of hoop-iron or the like adjacent to their edges and in such cases the securing` strips may overlie the bindingvstrips and be secured thereto by means of solder or the like and, by passing a nail through both said strips into the case itself, the head. oi? the nail being subsequently sealed to the outer strip by soldering.

The invention will be described with reierence to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 is a plan of a portion ot an edge of a packing case, Whilst Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3 or' Figure 2.

As shown in the drawings a, is a board forming part of the top of a packing case Whilst o is asimilar portion of an adjacent side of the packing case to which the board a is secured by means of nails c or the like in any usual manner. Z is an edge-binding strip of hoop iron overlying the heads of the nails c and being secured in position by nails Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May ,2, i922.

Serial No. 514,748.

e or the like. Transverse slots such as are formed in the marginal portions of the board a close the edge-binding strip Z and similar slots g are formed at corresponding points in the board o. A strip of hoop iron 7L. is then passed through eachpair of slots and g and its ends are bent around the edge ot the packing case so as to overlap as shown clearly to the left of Figures l and 2. The ends of the strips 71, are then secured in position to the boards a and o and to the edge binding strip Z by means of nails j or the like and are sealed together and to the contlguous edge binding strip by means o'l solder` as shown to the right of Figures 1 and 2 and in Figure 3, the heads of the nails j being also soldered over.

Preferably the nails j are sutliciently long to pass through those portions of the strips 7L Which lie in the slots g and additional security rnay be obtained by driving a nail m or the like into the board a at right angles to the nail j through each strip k so as to pass through that portion of said strip 71, Which lies in the slot 7, the head of said nail m or the like being subsequently soldered over and to the strip it.

Packing cases constructed in accordance with this invention are exceedingly strong and their contents are secured against piliering during transit.

When a side of a case is made up of a plurality of boards it is desirable that each board should be secured to the adjacent sides as above set forth.

I claim:

l. A packing case having the contiguous 'portions of its adjacent sides secured t0- gether by means of strips of hoop iron or the like passing through slots in the Inarginal portions and around the edge ot said sides, the overlapping portions of said strips being nailed or similarly :fastened to said sides and Secured together by means oi? solder or the like which covers the head of the nail or the like.

2. A packing case as claimed in claim l wherein the strips are so arranged that the outer end of the overlapping portions overlies part only of the Width of the under portion so as to provide a greater area for soldering.

HENRY HAROLD READ.l 

